Unexpected



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 Walking through a marshy area this past week, I was surprised to discover hundreds of Wild Iris surrounded by Cattails both lit by the sunshine enhancing the hues of purple and green ... lavish.  Mid-July instinctively seemed late to view this beautiful flower in Michigan and I wanted to visually take them in, bask in their delicate beauty.  There was a large tree that had fallen across the marsh offering me a path to the center of the quagmire.  As I balanced on the end of the dead log, I recalled that I have used the word quagmire in my writing to describe my life out of control, but here in the marshland I saw that a swamp does offer unexpected splendor.